Position: Forward
Birthdate: 5/17/1997
Hometown: Roswell, Georgia
Previous Club: Tampa Bay Rowdies
College: University of Central Florida
Height: 5-11
Cal Jennings enters his first season with the Black and Yellow after signing with the club in February 2025. Jennings is a two-time USL Championship All-League selection and has been a prolific scorer since debuting in 2020, with 70 goals and 16 assists across all competitions to his name.
Jennings, 27, spent the previous two seasons with the Tampa Bay Rowdies, where he amassed 34 goals and five assists in 64 regular season appearances. Jennings’ success in Tampa Bay moved him to 12th place in the USL Championship’s all-time regular season scoring list with 65 goals in 123 appearances at a strike rate of a goal every 138 minutes.
Jennings was an All-League First Team selection in 2023, when he was runner-up for the Golden Boot and finalist for Player of the Year, and an All-League Second Team pick in 2024. In 2023, Jennings also became the fastest player to reach 50 regular season goals in league history, setting the record in just his 90th appearance.
Since debuting in 2020, Jennings has scored 66 goals in 126 matches in the regular season and playoffs in the USL Championship. Prior to the Rowdies, Jennings competed for Championship sides Memphis 901 FC and Las Vegas Lights FC (on loan from MLS side Los Angeles FC).
The forward reunites with Head Coach Ben Pirmann, who coached Jennings’ rookie campaign in Memphis in 2020.
Jennings joined Los Angeles FC in 2021 following his success with Memphis and was later crowned champion with LAFC in 2022 when the club won both the MLS Cup and Supporters’ Shield (regular season title).
A native of Roswell, Ga., Jennings played collegiately at the University of Central Florida and enjoyed a decorated career with the Knights. Jennings was a two-time All-American, two-time AAC Offensive Player of the Year winner, three-time All-AAC selection, two-time regular season conference champion and led the NCAA in scoring in 2019. He was subsequently drafted by FC Dallas with the 17th overall pick in the 2020 MLS SuperDraft.
